Italian Lessons in Cleveland

Our native-speaking qualified Italian teachers can guide you and your group at your work or at home, at a time convenient to you. Classes can take place on any day of the week - even weekends - morning, afternoon or evening. If needs be, if meeting at your office or home is not suitable, you can take your lessons at the trainer's office. Study materials are supplied for you.

Italian 1 to 1 General

Italian lessons of this type are broader and are aimed towards students with a variety of requirements. While all beginner level students will cover survival Italian - needed for short visits to countries where English isn't widely spoken, or if you wish to 'go local'; those studying Italian usually go in different directions at this point, depending on what they need. Those who have benefitted from these Italian classes have been those investing in or buying property overseas, those married to overseas nationals, people setting off on a round-the-world trip, enthusiasts in Italian culture, and those enthusiastic to pass a specific exam in Italian.

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Italian 1 to 1 Business

These Italian lessons are driven towards people who have a requirement to learn Italian to bolster their work output. For novices, you will find it useful to learn basic greetings and business etiquette; and once you have become more proficient then reading and writing will come to the fore. Typical students include those concerned with import/export, those seeking work in multinational companies, international negotiations, and anyone working with international colleagues or administration. Even on our most rudimentary beginners lesson, students can expect to finish the lesson with decent telephone and e-mail Italian, as well as a good enough grip on the language for a short trip to the country.

The following fields below are required. * First Name * Last Name * E-mail * Course Information * Postcode * Telephone * City * Comments - please tell us about your language needs
First Name*	Last Name*
E-mail*	Retype E-mail*
Phone*	(if you don’t have a phone number, please write NO PHONE)
Language* Select language Spanish French Italian German Portuguese Arabic Japanese Chinese English Dutch Danish Greek Czech Russian Korean Hindi Turkish Afrikaans Arabic Lebanese Armenian Bulgarian Cantonese Croatian Estonian Farsi Finnish Georgian Hebrew Hungarian Indonesian Latin Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Mandarin Chinese Norwegian Polish Romanian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Swahili Swedish Tamil Thai Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Zulu ?>	City Select city Abbotsford Akron Albany Albuquerque Anaheim Anchorage Arlington Atlanta Aurora Austin Babylon Bakersfield Baltimore Baton Rouge Birmingham (Alabama) Boston Brampton Brookhaven Brooklyn Buffalo Burlington Burnaby Calgary Cambridge Cape Breton Chandler Charlotte Chesapeake Chicago Chula Vista Cincinnati Cleveland Colorado Springs Columbus Coquitlam Corpus Christi Dallas Denver Detroit Durham Edmonton El Paso Fort Wayne Fort Worth Fresno Garland Gatineau Glendale Greensboro Guelph Halifax Hamilton Hempstead Henderson Hialeah Hoboken Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Islip Jacksonville Jersey City Kansas City Kitchener Laredo Las Vegas Laval Lexington Lincoln London Ontario Long Beach Long Island Longueuil Los Angeles Louisville Lubbock Madison Manhattan Markham Memphis Mesa Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Mississauga Montreal Nashville New Orleans New York Newark Norfolk North Hempstead Oakville Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Oshawa Ottawa Oyster Bay Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Plano Portland Quebec Queens Raleigh Reno Riverside Rochester Sacramento Saint Paul Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Ana Saskatoon Savannah Scotssdale Seattle St. Louis St. Petersburg Stockton Tampa Thunder Bay Toledo Toronto Tucson Tulsa Vancouver Vaughan Virginia Beach Washington DC Wichita Windsor Winnipeg Winston-Salem
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Italian Group Lessons

The Italian lessons are also available for 2 or more people studying together (Two-to-One Italian Lesson or Small Group In-Company Italian Lesson). All participants must have the same level, the same business or general language needs and be able to study at the same time in the same location. The booking must be made for all participants at the same time. Listen & Learn do not recommend group classes of more than 6-8 people although In-Company Taster Italian Lessons can be run with up to 12 people.

The following fields below are required. * First Name * Last Name * E-mail * Course Information * Postcode * Telephone * City * Comments - please tell us about your language needs
First Name*	Last Name*
E-mail*	Retype E-mail*
Phone*	(if you don’t have a phone number, please write NO PHONE)
Language* Select language Spanish French Italian German Portuguese Arabic Japanese Chinese English Dutch Danish Greek Czech Russian Korean Hindi Turkish Afrikaans Arabic Lebanese Armenian Bulgarian Cantonese Croatian Estonian Farsi Finnish Georgian Hebrew Hungarian Indonesian Latin Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Mandarin Chinese Norwegian Polish Romanian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Swahili Swedish Tamil Thai Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Zulu ?>	City Select city Abbotsford Akron Albany Albuquerque Anaheim Anchorage Arlington Atlanta Aurora Austin Babylon Bakersfield Baltimore Baton Rouge Birmingham (Alabama) Boston Brampton Brookhaven Brooklyn Buffalo Burlington Burnaby Calgary Cambridge Cape Breton Chandler Charlotte Chesapeake Chicago Chula Vista Cincinnati Cleveland Colorado Springs Columbus Coquitlam Corpus Christi Dallas Denver Detroit Durham Edmonton El Paso Fort Wayne Fort Worth Fresno Garland Gatineau Glendale Greensboro Guelph Halifax Hamilton Hempstead Henderson Hialeah Hoboken Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Islip Jacksonville Jersey City Kansas City Kitchener Laredo Las Vegas Laval Lexington Lincoln London Ontario Long Beach Long Island Longueuil Los Angeles Louisville Lubbock Madison Manhattan Markham Memphis Mesa Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Mississauga Montreal Nashville New Orleans New York Newark Norfolk North Hempstead Oakville Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Oshawa Ottawa Oyster Bay Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Plano Portland Quebec Queens Raleigh Reno Riverside Rochester Sacramento Saint Paul Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Ana Saskatoon Savannah Scotssdale Seattle St. Louis St. Petersburg Stockton Tampa Thunder Bay Toledo Toronto Tucson Tulsa Vancouver Vaughan Virginia Beach Washington DC Wichita Windsor Winnipeg Winston-Salem
Comments* Please tell us if you are looking for one-to-one or group courses and something about why you want to learn Italian

Italian Facts

Italian also has many speaking communities in Africa; especially in Ethiopia, Somalia, Somaliland and Eritrea

Italian is a popular language around the world in schools, but is rarely taught as a second language

Italian is the closest to Latin in terms of vocabulary, out of all the Romance tongues

Practice a Bit of Italian

Glossary

ccorciare

to shorten

Corpetto

Bodice

Danzatore

Dancer

Esibirsi

to perform

Impatto

Impact

Indossare

to wear

Maschera

Mask

Palcoscenico

Stage

La storia del Balletto

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Il balletto è il genere più antico di danza che si possa studiare nelle accademie.

La sua origine proviene direttamente dall'Italia, dai balli di corte del rinascimento. Ma il genere venne presto ripreso anche dalle corti francesi, che lo svilupparono e lo portarono alla massima espressione durante il XVII-XVIII secolo.

In seguito la danza smise di essere un esercizio di corte e divenne una professione vera e propria. All’inizio tutti i danzatori erano uomini. La prima donna a ballare salì sul palcoscenico nel 1681. Nel 1700 Raoul Feuillet scrisse un libro in cui raccolse le posizioni e i passi base della danza, ancora oggi utilizzati.

I danzatori del XVIII secolo erano coperti da maschere, indossavano grosse parrucche e scarpe col tacco. Le donne indossavano gonne larghe e lunghe, strette nei loro corpetti. Le due migliori ballerine francesi dell’epoca, Marie Camargo e Marie Salle rivoluzionarono il mondo della danza, introducendo scarpe senza tacco, accorciando le gonne rendendole meno ingrombranti e abbandonando le maschere.

Nel 1735 fu fondata l’Accademia Imperiale Russa, che darà poi vita al Russian Ballet, il Balletto Russo. Verso la fine del ‘700 la danza cominciò a subire forti accelerazioni.

Si iniziò ad andare sulle punte e nel 1832 Marie Taglioni ballò tutta “La Sylphide” sulle punte. Questa rappresentazione cambiò moltissimo lo stile dei balletti, nella tecnica, nella storia e nei costumi.

Nel 1956 le grandi compagnie russe, come la compagnia Bolshoi o la compagnia Kirov, cominciarono ad esibirsi in occidente. L’intenso spirito drammatico e il grande virtuosismo tecnico ebbero un fortissimo impatto sul pubblico. È importante citare i grandi nomi di Rudolf Nureyev, diventato poi direttore artistico del Paris Opéra Ballet, di Natalia Makarova o di Mikhail Baryshnikov, poi direttore dell’American Ballet Theatre, a New York City.

A partire dagli anni ’60 il pubblico divenne più vario. Molti giovani cominciarono ad andare a vedere la danza in teatro. Molti balletti classici cominciarono ad essere accompagnati da musica Jazz o addirittura dal Rock’n Roll. Questa trasformazione diede maggiore impulso per lo sviluppo della danza moderna.

Italian links

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• Italian Food

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